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Pass-through entities including S-Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs that elect to be taxed as Partnerships or S-Corps are subject to Vermont's business income/business entity tax laws and provisions, and file Form BI-471, Business Income Tax Return and related schedules.

The income of S-Corporations, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies attributable to Vermont passes through to the shareholders, partners, or members and is taxed at the individual or corporate income tax rate. Each shareholder, partner, or member must also file a Vermont Income Tax return.

Vermont allows an automatic extension of the income tax filing deadline for both individual and corporate taxpayers upon extension at the federal level and gives corporations one additional month to file.

Vermont LLCs are taxed as pass-through entities by default, meaning the LLC itself does not pay taxes directly, but instead passes its profits on to its members. Members of the LLC then pay the state's graduated personal income tax rate that ranges from 3.35% to 8.75%.

Vermont Tax Rates, Collections, and Burdens Vermont also has a graduated corporate income tax, with rates ranging from 6.00 percent to 8.5 percent. Vermont has a 6.00 percent state sales tax rate, a max local sales tax rate of 1.00 percent, and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 6.30 percent.

Subchapter S Corporations, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies engaged in activities in Vermont must file a Business Entity Income Tax return with the Commissioner of Taxes. This includes entities receiving income as a shareholder, partner, or member.